PART 3U.K.Revocations, transitional provisions, and savings

CHAPTER 3U.K.Transitional provisions in relation to the Marine Minerals Regulations

Fees charged in relation to an application for dredging permissionU.K.

22.—(1) An applicant who has paid a fee pursuant to a determination under regulation 25(1)(a) of the Marine Minerals Regulations in respect of the regulator’s expenses of providing an opinion under regulation 7(2) of those Regulations may not be charged a fee under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to the Marine Works Regulations.

(2) An applicant who has paid a fee pursuant to a determination under regulation 25(1)(a) of the Marine Minerals Regulations in respect of the regulator’s expenses of providing information relevant to the preparation of an environmental statement in accordance with regulation 8(3) and (4) of those Regulations may not be required to pay a charge under regulation 15(4) of the Marine Works Regulations.

(3) An applicant who pursuant to a determination under regulation 25(1)(b) of the Marine Minerals Regulations has paid a fee in respect of a relevant application may not be charged a fee under section 67(1)(b) of the 2009 Act.

(4) A person who, pursuant to a determination under regulation 25(1)(c) of the Marine Minerals Regulations, has paid a fee in respect of the expenses of the regulator in interpreting and assessing the results of any monitoring may not be charged a fee under regulation 24A(1) of the Marine Works Regulations in respect of the same expenses.

(5) In paragraph (3), “a relevant application” means an application under regulation 10(1) of the Marine Minerals Regulations which by virtue of regulation 18(1) of these Regulations has effect as an application for a marine licence.